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Because society has not grown up enough to understand the difference between attraction, the purpose of the attraction, and the ways that the attraction can be expressed.
—Phat
Says who? Everyone on the planet knows and understands this.
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Perhaps you can make an argument that it is not up to the church to define purpose and that the individual can and should be free to define it for themseves
You can bet your arse I can
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..but my argument is that society does not encourage people to get deeper with their emotions. Our motto in society is simply If it feels good, do it. Why do you think we have so many divorces?
I hope you're speaking for yourself here - it's not something I recognise. We have so many divorces because people change over time and they now can.
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It is because heterosexuals are taught that man is an animal and in nature, a male can and does often have several different partners.
Phat, you do a lot of twaddle at times...
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My critics will only point out that churches have no right to determine what should even means.
Yeh.
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My counterargument is that society needs to challenge itself to get deeper than mere biological urges and that there is a unique purpose for such urges.
I have no idea what you're talking about. You seem to be involved in some sort of personal revelation.
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